- fichu
[fichu 词源字典]
- fichu: see fix
[fichu etymology, fichu origin, 英语词源] - fichu (n.)
- "scarf, neckerchief, small, triangular piece forming part of a woman's dress," 1803, from French fichu (18c. in this sense), apparently a noun use of the adjective fichu "carelessly thrown on," from Latin figere "to fasten" (see fix (v.)). "[M]od. substitution for a coarser word" [Weekley].